Who has the dx, and who is the professional

This week I heard of an instance where an ABA therapist got offended at a something his autistic client did and quit over the autistic teen not following directions. 

The autistic teen had been asked to wait at a library, looks like that teen hung around for a while, and then decided to just walk back to his home alone after a while. 

I want to ask, who has the diagnosis here, who is the professional "behavior-therapist" here who is supposed to help shape behaviors instead of walking off in a huff. 

Why have the word "behavior" in applied-behavior-therapy if you don't want to even help with or deal with behavior in the first place. 

 “The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.”

–Carl Sagan

Enhanced Perceptual Functioning (EPF) Model

• While no single theory fully explains all aspects of autism, each attempts to provide insights into different cognitive and behavioral characteristics.

  This model proposes that autistics have superior perceptual processing abilities. They may have heightened sensitivity to sensory input, leading to enhanced performance in perceptual tasks.
• Implications: Exceptional abilities in tasks involving pattern recognition, attention to detail, and memory for visual and auditory information. However, this heightened perception can also lead to sensory overload.

Read more on [EPF Model]

Posts on other [Theories of Autism]

Compassion is the hand that holds us when we are lost

Towards a more Humane Society. Contemplating an emotion, 1 line a day. 

Our divided and conflicted world needs compassion more than ever.  #MentalHealth. 

 

A Personal Voice

 https://www.thestreet.com/retailers/apple-reveals-a-powerful-new-feature-that-absolutely-no-one-asked-for

This is so cool

Essentially apple is coming out with AI generated feature which will create a text-speech voice that sounds like you rather than a third party foreign voice. 

Personal Space v PPS

[Concepts in Sensorimotor Research]

Personal space refers is a social construct - refers to the physical or psychological distance individuals prefer to maintain between themselves and others. It is the immediate area surrounding a person that they consider as their own.

Peri-personal space is a neuroscience construct to describe the area immediately surrounding the body that is within reach of the individual. It encompasses the space where individuals feel they can manipulate/reach using their limbs / body parts. 

Past research has indicated autistics as  having a very constrained PPS. 

Related Posts on [PPS] [Peripersonal Space]

Compassion is the source of all true strength and courage

 

Towards a more Humane Society. Contemplation one line a day. 

Our divided and conflicted world needs compassion more than ever.  #MentalHealth.